The law would have required abortions before 18 weeks to be performed in a hospital and criminalized abortions performed in licensed abortion clinics. Read about the judge’s decision.
A Utah law that would have required abortions before 18 weeks to be performed in a hospital and criminalized abortions performed in abortion clinics has been placed on hold.
Utah lawmakers are advancing a pair of abortion bills to clamp down, clarify and in some areas of code further restrict Utah’s abortion laws. Both bills would also completely strip out Utah’s rape and incest exemption after 18 weeks of pregnancy.
Utah s Republican-controlled Legislature is not waiting for the end result of the lawsuit currently tying up Utah s trigger law that bans almost all abortions in Utah.